Alan Lakey

Alan Lakey, founder of IFA lobby group Adviser Alliance, has hit back at comments made by new AIFA director general Stephen Gay on "shouting" anti-RDR pressure groups.

Lobbying group Adviser Alliance is confident it will secure a judicial review into the FSA's decision to remove a complaints long-stop in financial services - and has not ruled out an approach to AIFA.

Are you afraid that when the RDR arrives the public will perceive advisers as charging fees for all products and so not consider coming to you for protection advice?

For those who missed it, and for those who enjoyed it so much they want a second look, here are the presentations from Lansons' Richard Hobbs, M&G's Anthony Doyle and Highclere's Alan Lakey.

IFA lobbying unit Adviser Alliance says the political momentum generated by the parliamentary debates on RDR presents the best opportunity to revise the Review and reveals it has received an offer to fund a judicial review into the lack of a time limit...

I sold my client a family income benefit (FIB) plan which has subsequently been claimed on. However, I was surprised to discover that the provider convinced my client to take the benefit as a lump sum instead. Should the adviser be informed about this...

Alan Lakey has branded yesterday's RDR debate a "travesty" and labelled Mark Hoban a figure of "ridicule" for claiming IFAs are no more qualified than McDonald's workers.

Alan Lakey is lobbying his MP in an effort to take Lord Myners "to task" for misleading parliament about reasons for the lack of a long-stop for advisers.

The appointment of Stephen Gay as AIFA director general came as a surprise to many, primarily because knowledge of the contenders had not been made public.

Adviser Alliance(AA)has bemoaned the rise of consumer power in light of the first successful Keydata claim and says advisers should not "carry the can" for company failings.